King Fahd Complex for Holy Quran excels in its mission
King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Quran is devoted to the service of the Holy book and the Prophet's (May Peace be Upon Him) Teachings. It also received all attention and care of the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
This came in a report prepared by the General Secretariat of King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Quran in Madinah. The report highlighted the efforts exerted by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince to serve Islam and Muslims by facilitating the printing and distribution of the Holy Quran in its original Arabic language and the holy book's translation and interpretation in a large number of other world languages through this great complex.
The late King Fahd bin Abdulaziz laid the foundation stone of the Madinah-based Complex for Printing the Holy Quran on 16/01/1403 AH and opened it on 06/02/1405 AH.
The Complex not only print and distribute the Holy Quran but also focuses on taking care of the Prophet's Teachings and Islamic studies as well as engaging in research works pertaining to the holy book and the Prophet's teachings. In addition, the complex also circulates its publications on the global website.
The Higher Commission of the Complex is chaired by Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammad Al Al-sheikh and is comprised of Eight members.
The report showed that the Training Center, an affiliate of the Complex, has held more than 12 training courses for over 300 technicians.
The printing capacity of the Complex amounts to 10 million copies on an annual schedule of a single shift. More than 160 publications are produced by the Complex, including copies and recordings of the Holy Quran and the Prophet's (Peace be upon him) Teachings and Biography with their translations.
It is estimated that the number of research works on the Kingdom's care for the Holy Quran and Prophet's Biography which were published until 1428 AH have been contained and printed in more than 220 million copies.
The Holy Quran is translated into 47 languages; 24 Asian, 11 European and 12 African languages. In addition, the other translated publications of the complex are
more than 60.
The Complex is spread over an area of 250,000 square meters. The complex is an integrated unit where there is a mosque and buildings for management, maintenance, printing, warehouses, transportation, marketing, housing, recreation, clinic, library, restaurants and other utilities.
In implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to provide a copy of the Holy Quran and other publications of the Complex to the pilgrims, the Complex continues to annually distribute the gift of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to every pilgrim on his departure from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after performing their Hajj rituals. The number of the copies distributed to pilgrims until the Hajj season of 1427/1428 AH, has exceeded 25 million copies.
The Complex has an integrated factory for manufacturing, printing and packaging Compact Discs (CDs) with a capacity of 840 CDs per hour.
The Complex has a website on the Internet in Arabic with links in six other languages, namely English, French, Spanish, Urdu, Indonesian and Hausa.
The number of workers at the Complex is 1700, including Ulema (Islamic Scholars), university professors, technicians and administrators. The percentage of Saudis working at the Complex is 77%.
Since the establishment of the Complex, about two million Muslims from around the world visited the Complex.